Saturday, March 26, 2011

Went to Bedok Central today late morning and gotten these few KOs... actually not much interesting KOs nowadays in Bedok Central area; in fact, the photocopying kiosk I frequent has reduced the racks of toys when I walk past it today... sad... anyway...

KO ROTF Legends StarscreamWait, haven't I bought this mold already??? ... well... yeah, see, I bought it as I thought the last one I bought is not the actual legends size, and this one "looks" slightly bigger... then realised it isn't when I get back to compare... Anyway, have decided to paint the neon green one to movie Thundercracker colour scheme... Did not de-tomb this fella...

KO Blue Racer-BotSaw this and bought it to complete the set of 3 Racing Bots, which I had bought the yellow one and red one earlier... shall call it Speedstream (a Aquastar or something TF with similar alternate mode & colours)... Plastic used is a bit brittle, so hope no tabs will break... need to work on some arm joints to pose better in bot mode...

KO Mega(tron)(War)PathPick up this oversized Universe Legends Warpath, which is replaced by a Universe Deluxe Megatron head and a Movie body. Retracting tank-gun barrel is no more, instead, it has a teeny weeny gun on the shoulder... interesting... Plastic quality is average, but joints are loose... but nevermind, can restore...

KO Cybertron (King) StarscreamDownsized to voyager size version... Comes with a purplish-pink crown for SS's coronation, hahaha... Mold is slightly simplified Supreme class one... Transformation is EXTREMELY simple, which is good... Quality is, well... average KO plastics, half the joints are loose, and can't stand him up... But, nothing is too tough if you've got the reliable superglue, hahaha.... of course with some other tools, too... Hail the king!!!!

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Was fiddling with my free TF, ROTF Sideways, when I realised his transformation is quite funny if I follow the instruction sheet given... so after some fiddling, I realised there is a small tab (see 2nd picture below) that the "backpack" seems to be designed to be clipped into. So when done, Sideways looks like the picture below... Notice how the "backpack" seems to be lower?

A closer look at the "backpack" 's (clear plastic) female-socket tab to the red peg... Perfect fit makes me wonder if the designers meant to do so...

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Went to the crazy OG Members' Sale at Orchard's outlet in the morning.. Was SUPER CROWDED!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazy.... Managed to squeeze in, and gotten myself some TFs (some impulse buys...) with 30% discount...

(1) (Legends) Cyberfire BumblebeeGotten this together with RTS Starscream and RTS Megatron for $20... Hunt all racks for any other good TFs (Legends) but could not find any, so choose this... btw, gotten the KO Oversized version already...

(2) RTS (Legends) StarscreamLots of it in the racks... and glad to pick 1 up... very G1-ish... pity null-rays are too plain, but the smirk on his face is hilarious...

(3) RTS (Legends) MegatronI believe I picked up the last piece on the racks (as I hunt around, I did not recall seeing any other of this.... Bot mode is extremely G1-ish (as this wave is), except for the ORANGE TIP!!!! Will colour with silver paint pen the minute I de-tomb him....

Edit: Yes, detombed and repaint, now he looks (slightly) more frightening, mua-haha...

(4) (Scouts) SunspotOh, also seems to be the last piece... Lucky did not buy this last Sunday... Wonder if he looks good combined with Mindwipe... nah... $13.25

(5) RTS Turbo TracksWell, another impulse buy... Probably will try to pick up a Wreck-Gar... this Sunday??... Hmm.... Like the robot & car modes, but the flying mode... the wings... sigh... wonder if possible to position them to look better???.... $19.55

(6) (7) HFTD Starscream (Leader)My 2nd time buying 2 Leader-class TFs in 1 receipt since the Jetfire/OP 2-pack set... Heard this is used for the Takara's Masterpiece version, not very sure... Hands (claws) and feet are finally resembling to PROPER hands (claws) and feet... Used the coupon to purchase for a buy-1-get-1-free, and a 30% discount, so price per piece is $38.475... Cheap.... even cheaper than the HA TFs they are selling at $39.90... So what to do with the other Starscream?... Hmm... Thought of selling it on the spot, but seems not many people keen on buying... Well, in the end decided to spray my remaining silver-chrome paint on 1 piece... hope it turns out good...

Finally TaoBao haul is on its way to Singapore... hope 65Daigou will resume its efficient service soon as promised...

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Bought this piece in OG People Park... Only 10% off... Still buy because got nothing in CSC (actually have, its a mini Kamen Rider Belt, in the same series as the one I bought before ) , and also ordered the KO version in TaoBao through 65Daigou but was later told "Seller hasn't been online for long time, unable to send the item..."... sad... and 65Daigou has been giving POOR service these few months... The reason/excuse is overwhelming orders due to the TV interview, and lack of manpower, and no time to train manpower... and hence, very very late then got notified of no stock, etc... which means they might not have liaise properly with the seller over in China... lots of refunds... sigh... wow, business too good also not good... very chim... hahaha... will not be engaging their service again, not in the near future.... or until a good KO surfaces..

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Bought this piece of heavily remolded G2 Grimlock in March last year, and finally got time to restore it to its G2 "glory"...

Did not take a picture of the dinosaur mode before restoring, but you can refer to these pic of front and pic of back (courtesy of actionfigurechecklist.com) of the dinosaur mode...

So after restoration, the dinosaur mode looks like this below... looks more like Grimlock rite? Hahaha... Did not shorten/reduce size of dino-arms, as these seems more in proportion to the big body...

Robot mode before restoration... BIG head, long arms, no biceps...

After restoration.... G2 Grimlock!!! (or 85% similar).... The new head has a neck which I did not remove from the original spare head I used to mod, so the head seems a bit more...bigger... but seems to be in better proportion with body... Arms are shorten, now that the arms-transformation are restored too... I swap the upper arms so that the arms looked more profiled (biceps??), like the original... Did not mod the weapons too...